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Gene therapy with Alipogene Tiparvovec (Glybera) for Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency shows promise
Over a 6-year period, patients with the genetic disease lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) who received a single gene therapy treatment of alipogene tiparvovec had a marked reduction in the severity and frequency of pancreatitis. No cases of…
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Protein biomarkers to screen early type 1 diabetes mellitus
Certain proteins in the blood of children can predict incipient type 1 diabetes, even before the first symptoms appear. A team of scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, partners in the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD),…
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Non alcoholic blueberry-blackberry beverage shown to have anti diabetic properties in mice
Blueberries, and berries in general, are among foods labeled as “diabetes superfoods” by the American Association of Diabetes. Food science researchers at the University of Illinois have found that fermenting berries may improve their antidiabetic potential even…
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Fluselenamyl in conjuction with positron emission tomography (PET) scans shown effective in diagnosing early Alzheimer’s disease pathology
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a chemical compound, named Fluselenamyl, that detects amyloid clumps better than current FDA-approved compounds. If a radioactive atom is incorporated into the compound, its location…
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